Special Operations and Intelligence

The War Years: Memories of Inter Services Research Bureau

The British Army was sent to France to defend against the expected German invasion but for months nothing...

Breaking the Code: A WAAF at Bletchley

While scanning the Cathode Ray screens with their brilliant green blips and the circles marking off the...

André Heintz's D-Day: The Resistance in Caen

I lived in Caen, a city in Normandy, before the start of the war, and became involved in the French...

HMS Forward (1939-1945)

This is the story of the abandoned and little-known tunnels of Royal Naval Headquarters HMS Forward at...

The Secret Tunnels of South Heighton

As such, it was responsible for HMS Marlborough at Eastbourne, HMS Aggressive and HMS Newt at Newhaven, HMS...

Keyman - A Somewhat Soldier (Part 1)

Next on one bright June morning, armed with a travel warrant, I and others journeyed by train to Weymouth...

HUT 6, Bletchley Park

In 1942 I went to work at Bletchley Park, - Bletchley Park, BP, Station X, Ultra, Enigma - they were names...

Jack Nissenthall - The VC Hero Who Never Was (Part 1b)

As the SSR and Canadian Cameron Highlanders came ashore at Green Beach in Pourville between 4.50 and 5.30...

With S.O.E. in Yugoslavia, February 1944 - Part 2.

It consisted of a variety of eatables from tinned fruit to sausages, that is, Soya links dehydrated...

Keyman - A Somewhat Soldier (Part 3)

We, in our travels, encountered various partisan leaders all of whom begged us for arms to fight, they...

Jack Nissenthall - The VC Hero Who Never Was (Part 1a)

Flight Sergeant 916592 Jack Maurice Nissenthall was a Jewish Cockney born in Cottage Row, Bow in the East...

Gwen, Ken and the Royal Navy

One evening, which I will never forget, was when Nanna Slee and Granpa Charlie had the six o'clock news...

I was One of Churchill's Geese

My brother, a qualified surveyor, joined the Royal Engineers and I eventually went into the A.T.S.. This...

George's Enigmatic Tale

We were soon fully occupied in our duties as novice stokers, as the Bulldog was an escort for Merchant...

Memories of a WAAF Teleprinter Operator at Station X (Bletchley Park)

In December 1941 I was posted to Broadway, near St James's Park: the plaque at the front door read...

With the S.O.E. in Yugoslavia January 1944 Part one.

Knobby Hawkins;Peter Daines;'Sqiz' Squse;'Jock' MacDonald Seaforth Highlanders, Location of...

My Father's Secret: Bletchley Park and Beyond

Until the end of his life, he maintained that he could remember little to nothing about his time at...

Our Man in Yugoslavia: The Story of a Secret Service Operative

Owen Reed was an army officer who was recruited into the British Secret Intelligence Service in Cairo in...

The Breaking of the Enigma Code

Was this pre-invasion, bearing in mind that four towns in the North East of England had been shelled in...

Yes, Mum, There Really Was a Secret: Bletchley Park

Until the end of his life, he maintained that he could remember little to nothing about his life at...

Aniseed Balls and the Limpet Mine

But the interesting thing about the limpet mine was that it was very much Bedford home-made... They then...

The Earl and the Secretary

She was employed by the Ministry of Supply as secretary and personal assistant to Charles Henry George...

The Polish Officer

In the manner of the time, Patricia politely introduced the army captain, whose name was Ludwik Kociszewski...

Wartime Friends in the Middle East - But Issy Was a Spy

The spy I am referring to was Driver T Schurch of the Royal Army Service Corps, who served in the same unit...

A Wartime Child Refugee: From Poland to Balham

Alerted to the German invasion of France, the parents made a dash for England, leaving Mark behind in the...

The Black Sheep Who Turned Good

He managed to get hold of the Danish Embassy in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. He volunteered his...